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Originally Posted by Rodstar
Interesting question Robert. 
I take my hat off to all the folk on this forum who are into imaging. For me, it removes me too much from the thrill of direct observation with my eyes. I have no interest in sitting at a computer for hours processing images. I'd rather just log onto the Hubble website if I want to see pretty photos! 
I guess the raison d'etre for me in all of this is having an experience of the cosmos, and I don't think I'd have that through imaging. |
Thanks Rodstar, I must confess till recently to thinking exactly as you do now... that is until I bought that little neximage webcam. Strangely I get the same feeling of discovery as a planet's features emerge during processing as I get from those brief seconds of good seeing at the eyepiece when a planet snaps into focus... but it's nice to have variety in a hobby so while the neximage get's a workout I still want to see "with my own eyes" from time to time
cheers,